How officials are preparing for Election Day disruptions — including from Trump | CNN Politics

A poll worker hands out stickers at an early voting polling place at Lynnhurst Recreation Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 28, 2026. See all topics Email Link Copied!

Election officials have spent months preparing to run the 2026 vote — and bracing for what could disrupt it. They’re training workers, tightening security and readying legal challenges for threats that could stretch well beyond Election Day.

“Lately we have to take into account really horrible, worst-case scenarios, whether that is outside actors or foreign actors,” Maricopa County Supervisor Thomas Galvin said. “But the most important thing is that we have to be prepared.”